Whether it was songs about the coal mines or the decline of the railroad, the late legendary folk singer Jean Ritchie's music struck a chord with many, particularly those living in the Kentucky ...

Jean Ritchie, a singer, musician and writer who helped spearhead a revival of folk music in the 1950s and 1960s with her heartfelt performances of the traditional songs of her native Appalachia ...

Her first solo album, “Jean Ritchie Singing the Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family,” was released in 1952.

Jean Ritchie performs “Shady Grove” on Pete Seeger’s television show. Jean Ritchie, the Appalachian traditional singer who died early this month at the age of 92, found new audiences for rural songs ...

Jean Ritchie, the Kentucky-born singer known as the "Mother of Folk," died Monday evening (June 1) in her home in Berea, Ky., surrounded by those she loved. She was 92. Born on Dec. 8, 1922, in ...

Whether it was songs about the coal mines or the decline of the railroad, the late legendary folk singer Jean Ritchie’s music struck a chord with many, particularly those living ...

The Ritchies were one of the great folk song families of the Appalachians. They favored ballads and Jean Ritchie became a master, preferring to sing unaccompanied in a striking, crystalline voice ...

NEW YORK — Jean Ritchie, the Kentucky-born folksinger who brought the centuries-old ballads she grew up with to a wide audience from the 1950s onward, died Monday evening. She was 92. Ms ...

Jean Ritchie — considered one of the most influential preservationists of traditional Appalachian music and a primary source of inspiration behind the folk-music revival of the 1960s — passed ...

Ritchie recorded more than 30 albums beginning with 1952's "Jean Ritchie Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family," and performed on some of the world's most famed stages ...

referenced Ritchie, Jean publisher Geordie Music Publishing, Inc. Description Location publishing date 1971 ID Number 2016.0274.04 accession number 2016.0274 catalog number 2016.0274.04 Object Name ...